Proper positioning of the airway with the head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver during ventilation can help reduce gastric inflation by:

A) Reducing airway resistance
B) Allowing slower ventilation
C) Reducing the volume of exhaled air
D) Obstructing the esophagus


A) Reducing airway resistance

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